Bob Corker said "It creates greater instability in a region that already has had tremendous amounts of it. But no question--I mean, it borders the Straits. Again, it puts more of that in Iranian hands, no question. Mr. McCAIN. Would it be accurate to state that your committee has held hearings on human rights, your committee has advocated improvements of human rights in Saudi Arabia, and it is the thinking of almost all of us that we want to see more progress in that direction? But at the same time, isn't it true that when we look at what Bashar al-Assad is doing, when we look at the slaughter of 400,000 people in Syria, 6 million refugees, would one assume that maybe this priority of the sponsors of this amendment might be a little bit misplaced?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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It creates greater instability in a region that already has had tremendous amounts of it. But no question--I mean, it borders the Straits. Again, it puts more of that in Iranian hands, no question. Mr. McCAIN. Would it be accurate to state that your committee has held hearings on human rights, your committee has advocated improvements of human rights in Saudi Arabia, and it is the thinking of almost all of us that we want to see more progress in that direction? But at the same time, isn't it true that when we look at what Bashar al-Assad is doing, when we look at the slaughter of 400,000 people in Syria, 6 million refugees, would one assume that maybe this priority of the sponsors of this amendment might be a little bit misplaced?

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Bob Corker

Republican · Tennessee

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